if <insert martial art> did not give you confidence, your trainer was bad

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if <insert martial art> did not give you confidence, your trainer was bad, look for another one
if <insert martial art> did not give you confidence, you did not practice well enough, <insert martial art> is flawless, you are flawed

Not sure I understand your question or if it’s a question; I am guessing English isn't your first language.

Originally Posted by Niklas Schulze

if <insert martial art> did not give you confidence, your trainer was bad, look for another one

First off if I considered the trainer bad I would look for another unless there was no other training that is a no brainer on the second point depends what you mean by confidence, in me or in the Art/style/sport?

Not true, theres plenty of examples where people have heaps of confidence from their art, for example the classic, "fight off multiple attackers with knives" stuff. However I believe that giving such illusion to people is dangerous, and a selfish way to sell whichever art the trainer may be teaching, which in my mind makes them a very bad trainer.

Not true, theres plenty of examples where people have heaps of confidence from their art, for example the classic, "fight off multiple attackers with knives" stuff. However I believe that giving such illusion to people is dangerous, and a selfish way to sell whichever art the trainer may be teaching, which in my mind makes them a very bad trainer.

Whatever you replied to it wasn't the topic.

if <insert martial art> did not give you confidence, your trainer was bad, look for another one
if <insert martial art> did not give you confidence, you did not practice well enough, <insert martial art> is flawless, you are flawed
Give Pros an Cons.

The pros: Face-to-face, in-person one-on-one instruction. Training realistic techniques against my partner who is actually resisting to the point that I know if what I am doing will work or not.

cons: Ninjers--anyone trying to teach Ninjutsu is attempting a con. Learning martial arts from video or printed material without a foundation of some sort. People making remarkable claims about their skills, record, training or other accolades. I earned my amoeba-level, let them earn theirs.

The false-confidence is a bad thing. If it was from bad training or not practicing enough, find a better instructor and practice harder. Don't practice hard if you are training some **** that won't work; it is a waste of time.